From: Danny Milosavljevic <dannym@friendly-machines.com>
Date: 2026-02-13
Subject: Fix compatibility with matplotlib 3.6+

Matplotlib 3.6 removed the `message` Qt signal from NavigationToolbar2QT.
The old API was:

    message = QtCore.Signal(str)

    def set_message(self, s):
        self.message.emit(s)
        self.locLabel.setText(s)

The new API just updates the label directly with no signal:

    def set_message(self, s):
        self.locLabel.setText(s)

Matplotlib provides no replacement signal.  The only way to intercept
toolbar messages is to override the set_message method.

This patch replaces the signal connection with a method override that
forwards messages to the status bar.

--- a/src/mslice/plotting/plot_window/plot_window.py
+++ b/src/mslice/plotting/plot_window/plot_window.py
@@ -274,7 +274,18 @@ class PlotWindow(QtWidgets.QMainWindow):

     def create_status_bar(self):
         self.statusbar = QtWidgets.QStatusBar(self)
-        self.stock_toolbar.message.connect(self.statusbar.showMessage)
+        # Matplotlib 3.6 removed the `message` Qt signal from
+        # NavigationToolbar2QT.  The old code was:
+        #
+        #     self.stock_toolbar.message.connect(self.statusbar.showMessage)
+        #
+        # Since matplotlib provides no replacement signal, we override
+        # set_message to forward messages to the status bar.
+        original_set_message = self.stock_toolbar.set_message
+        def set_message_forwarding_to_statusbar(s):
+            original_set_message(s)
+            self.statusbar.showMessage(s)
+        self.stock_toolbar.set_message = set_message_forwarding_to_statusbar
         self.setStatusBar(self.statusbar)

     def flag_as_kept(self):